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Wow, that looks great. Is that all the pics you have? A model like this deserves more than 2 pictures and a half-sentence description, lol.

It's even worse than that, Ed. I'm beginning to see people that are totally lost if their GPS isn't working.

Thanks guys! Yes it is. The chassis is 100% box stock.

Thank you! Numbers are Alps printed gold foil.

It's called "progress". In my day the radios had two knobs...one for volume, one for tuning stations....and 5 pushbuttons for favorite stations. Easy to use. Today's radios have ONE knob that controls 14 different functions, tiny buttons that control things like "SLNCT" and DSLTP", several flashing LED's, and how in the world do you turn this thing off??

Started in 1980 by Alabama racing promoter Bob Harmon, the All Pro Super Series revived short track asphalt racing in the south. Featuring large (for the time) $30,000 purses, the series attracted top drivers such as the first series champion Randy Couch, Neil Bonnett, Darrell Waltrip, and Greenville South Carolina's Butch Lindley. Lindley had already proven himself as a driver, winning the Greenville-Pickens Speedway championship in 1972 and the Nascar LMS (now Nationwide Series) Championships in 1977 and 1978, but the All Pro Series really fit Butch's driving style. Winning several races in his own car, he drove Neil Bonnett's car in the 1981 All American 400, winning the race. Bonnett was building short track cars at the time, and had several different drivers drive his "house" car, but in 1984 hired Lindley as his full time driver. Butch won the most races that year with 7, including the prestigious Snowball Derby. I became a huge Butch Lindley fan in the 70's. He was truly a master of the short track, and if you ever saw him race at the 1/4 mile Huntsville Alabama Speedway, you know what I mean. I decided to build his most successful car, the 1984 Neil Bonnett owned Hodgdon sponsored Camaro. The model is a Revell ASA Camaro. Since this is a "shelf" model, I did no wiring or plumbing. I used Pro Tech hood pins and a Detail Master window net and seat belts. The rear spoiler is made from styrene. The decals and wheels are my own. I really loved building this! Whenever I was away, I couldn't wait to get back to it! I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. I'm also happy to have this car in my collection.

I had a Chevrolet Citation once that actually DIDN'T have an alternator bracket....it just sorta "floated". That car caught on fire once, and like a fool I put it out.

Thats nice, love the color combo!! This is my favorite generation of Corvette. I've never been a fan of aftermarket wheels on these, but those look good on there. I'd definitely take her for a test drive!!!

Joe, I for one appreciate anyone willing to share knowledge or accurate information, but when you start off by saying "You uninformed nascar experts are dangerous.....", you're not going to make any friends. I've been around racing for 40+ years, but I've learned all kind of things I never knew from people just like you, or Jacen, or lots of others on forums like this. It's nice to learn from anyone that knows something I don't. If you see anything that needs correcting, by all means do so....just try to be a little more "tactful", lol. Instead of "You uninformed nascar experts are dangerous...", how about "I think I might be able to shed some light on this subject..."??? Don't just "lurk" when you can make a difference.

I've always heard that the general rule of thumb is "2/24"....if you can't get it on there within 2 hours, you should wait at least 24 hours. Not sure if it's right, but it's always worked for me.

I think this one is the best so far in your Petty lineup, and I've enjoyed watching and learning all your little tricks....I plan to use a few on a certain Mercury I'm collecting parts for....one that caused Petty to start taking those Goody Headache Powders, lol. Love the picture in the case, that really shows the stance. What's next, the Superbird??

Happy Birthday George!

That plumbing looks awesome!!

Paging Futurabat.......if anybody would know about those colors, it would be him. As far as the trunk enclosure, my suggestion is to use a 86-87 Monogram Nascar Monte Carlo for your doner....they were all the same, except for the body.

Lookin' really good, Scott. Your builds have inspired ME to do some vintage Nascar racers. Collecting parts and reference as we speak, and I DO believe I have some #21 and #13 decals around here somewhere! I'll start just as soon as I finish a couple of short track cars I'm working on...Lol. They did crazy stuff back then. Remember the Junior Johnson Mercury driven by Lee Roy Yarbrough had the exhaust ran straight out the back instead of the side. Anybody that drafted him for more than a half lap had to back off because of the fumes! What suprises ME about that belly pan is how ametuerish it looks, NOT Scotts model, the REAL one. You would think the Petty's could do better than that. I have some pictures of Smokey Yunick's Chevelle, and it was a work of art....perfectly notched and welded for the suspension, even the exhaust had a channel it ran in. But like you said, that kind of stuff didn't last long! Lol.

Lines are going to look good. Where are the fittings from?

My time is worth something. Instead of sitting there for a couple of hours fiddling with something that may or may not look ok, I'd just as soon spend $3.50 for the RB Motion ones and get something I KNOW looks right. Lol.

Thank you, and yes I do. It's called "Red Jewel Tintcoat" for a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer. I think its supposed to be applied over a special basecoat because it's very translucent, almost like a candy, but I just sprayed it over white primer.

If you'd rather buy some than make your own, RB Motion has 90 degree plug boots that might work for that. http://www.rbmotion.com/sparkboot.html

Thanks for the replies. I too, had wondered about the decals sticking to the pages in a photo album. But if you wrap them in tissue, wouldn't that defeat the purpose of keeping them in an album?

I did that same exact conversion a couple of years ago, and did it as a W.I.P. here in case anyone else wanted to learn from my mistakes, lol. The grille is the biggest difference (I ended up using a MCG '66 Chevelle photoetch grille), followed by the upholstery pattern and the rear end trim/taillights (get a Keith Marks decal sheet for the '68 GTX for this). Here is the link to my build, hopefully this might help: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20901 And here is the finished project....not perfect, but close enough for me. Good luck, can't wait to see it!

Daniel, thats a great looking model for sure, but the box actually got it right. The interior on the real car was the same red as the body, with a black dash.

It's high time I get organized....well, a little bit anyway, and I read a tip awhile back about storing decals in photo albums, making it quick to flip through the pages and find what you're looking for. My question for the more knowledgable is....are regular photo albums ok for this, or do I need to spend more to get the acid-free albums? Or does it even matter? What do YOU use? Heck, I keep 'em in a box in the garage now, anything would be better than that, right?

Curt, the link that Ron posted shows those numbers much better, so I reworked it a little and this one is much closer. Hope this helps.